hello sinister. there's been some talk around these parts about the things that non-posters do when they're not not-posting to sinister. so, you really wanna know what i'm doing instead of posting? are you sure?!? well okay. i've heard that outlines are de rigeur these days, so I'll follow suit. here's what i've been doing: 1. RELIVING THE MULLET DISCUSSION If you search the archives, you'll discover that everyone's favorite 'do, the Mullet (aka hockey hair; the Short-Long), has been the subject of many a fine discussion. I can't get enough! I dream mullets. So today, I was "surfing" the "web" and came upon this lovely website: http://grove.ufl.edu/~paisita/mullet2.htm Make haste! 2. MAKING LOVE Often when I read my daily dose of sinister messages, my mind turns to that physio-chemical-emotional-mindfuck known as "love". A wise man once sang "Love, hoo!, good god y'all, what is it good for?" and I applaud his fine lyricship. Love shmove, that's what i say. Waging war is much more my style. The only way for me to successfully repress my feelings of warm gooey love for my fellow sinisterians is to build pipe bombs in my basement. My mum warned me that someday a nice fellow will come along and violently rip me away from Mistress Mayhem and I will be cradled lovingly in the arms of Lady Love, but after scraping my knees for the final time on the playing field of amour, I can only say, "Mum, you're a rotten liar!". Humph. 3. SUMMER READING LIST Maybe my current state of discontent has something to do with what I'm reading. I'm juggling "Nausea" by everyone's favorite existentialist Sartre, "Laughter in the Dark" by Nabokov, and "Lipstick Traces" by Griel Marcus. Here's what i've learned so far: 1. life is nothing but excrement. 2. marriage is silly because it all ends up in cheating and lying anyway. and 3. punk rock is the answer. or is it the question? For the rest of the summer, I vow to read nothing but P.G. Wodehouse. 4. THE WINDY CITY The time has come for me to leave America's Dairy State, Wisconsin--I'm heading south, baby! For anyone who is interested, I will be moving to Chicago in a matter of weeks, so if you're around the area, either a resident of the city or a visitor, please let me know, I'd love to make you Rice Krispie treats. I think a September meet-up would be terrific, maybe before/after the Magnetic Fields gig (9/17)? 5. FEMALE MASTURBATION 6. SWEET SWEET MUSIC Tigermilk has really rescued my summer from the death grip of heat and sun. I sit on my plush orange loveseat, eating blue popsicles and listening to "My wandering days are over" and "I could be dreaming" over and over and over again. In front of a fan. Naked. (ok, the last part is a lie) And how could the heat possibly get me down if I have Os Mutantes' "Baby" on cd? So, there you have it: the main activities of a sinisterian who never posts. Stay tuned til next time when I tell you all about making paper out of pulp. xoxo jenn +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+